Here is a summary of the most important information that marked the day of October 31, 2025.
Ahmed Souab, five years in prison without plea
Lawyer and former judge Ahmed Souab was sentenced, Friday October 31, 2025, to five years in prison and three years of administrative supervision. The verdict was pronounced by the specialized criminal chamber of the anti-terrorism judicial center. The announcement was made by one of the defense lawyers, Sami Ben Ghazi, who summarized the decision in these terms: “Five years in prison and three years of administrative supervision. For what ? For a figurative expression, a spontaneous gesture that everyone understood as a symbol, except those who hold power and decision.”
In Gabès, a new march to say “stop pollution”
A march was held on the afternoon of Friday October 31, 2025 in Gabès, at the call of the “Stop pollution” citizen movement. Participants once again called for the dismantling of the industrial units of the Tunisian Chemical Group (GCT), accused of seriously harming the environment and the health of residents. Gathered on the Souk Jara square, the demonstrators then marched to the Nazla area, close to Chatt Essalem, a symbolic place considered to be one of the most affected by pollution due to the proximity of the chemical complex’s factories.
Nawaat news site suspended for a month in the wake of sanctions targeting NGOs
The Tunisian authorities have decided to suspend the activities of the Nawaat information site for a period of one month, according to information relayed this Friday, October 31, 2025 by several journalists from the editorial staff. The decision would fall within the framework of Decree-Law No. 88 governing associations and structures receiving foreign funding. This measure comes in a context marked by the recent suspension of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD) and the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES).
The Abir Moussi affair postponed to November 21
The criminal chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal decided, Friday October 31, 2025, to postpone until November 21 the examination of the case brought against the president of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), Abir Moussi, in order to appoint an official lawyer for her. Abir Moussi appeared this Friday before the criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal to challenge the first instance judgment sentencing her to two years in prison, following a complaint filed against her by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) due to a media statement she had made.
New warning from Noureddine Taboubi: the doors to dialogue are closed!
The secretary general of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, deplored, in a statement given on Friday October 31, 2025, to Diwan FM, the breakdown in dialogue between the union center and the government. According to him, “the doors to dialogue with the executive power have been closed for some time and at all levels”, a situation which he considers “unworthy of the Tunisia of the 21st century”, recalling that the country “has long been a model in terms of tripartite consultation and social agreements”.
